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2020 EASC scholarship competitions now open
The East Asian Studies Center announces the availability of applications for the 2020 Louise Zung-Nyi Loh Memorial Scholarship. Graduate and undergraduate students in any department who have an…

2019-20 Area Studies Centers Conference Grant program now accepting proposals
The Ohio State University Area Studies Centers are accepting proposals from OSU faculty members for the OIA Area Studies Centers Conference Grants program. To further develop and enhance area…

2020-2021 FLAS Fellowship competition opens
EASC is seeking applications for fellowships for summer 2020 and academic year 2020-2021 under the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship…

Japanese Interpretation course to be offered in Spring 2020
EASC and DEALL will offer "Introduction to Professional Japanese Interpretation" course in Spring 2020, with support from a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant. Course details are as follows…
Prof. Morgan Liu elected as Central Eurasian Studies Society president
Prof. Morgan Liu, associate professor of Near Eastern languages and cultures, has been elected to serve as the next president of the Central Eurasian Studies Society. Ohio State will be hosting…

Area studies centers award $860,000 in FLAS Fellowships for academic year studies
The East Asian Studies Center, Center for Latin American Studies and Center for Slavic and East European Studies have awarded Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship grants to 52 Ohio…
JLPT 2019 Registration opens (8/26 - 9/30)
The 2019 Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) which will be administered in Columbus, OH on December 1, 2019. The registration period is August 26, 2019 – Septemer 30, 2019 (9:00pm)…

Autumn 2019 EASC Program Calendar
The East Asian Studies Center's (EASC) Autumn 2019 events calendar is now available for download and printing. It includes information on lectures, conferences, performances, and other events…

Prof. Jeffrey Cohen welcomed as adjunct faculty at South Central University for Nationalities in Wuhan, China
Jeffrey Cohen, professor of anthropology and EASC affiliated faculty member, visited the South Central University for Nationalities (SCUN) in Wuhan, China this summer, where he has given a series…